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Episode 268

Our 228th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Recorded on 12/12/2025

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In this episode:

OpenAI's latest model GPT-5.2 demonstrates improved performance and enhanced multi-modal capabilities but comes with increased costs and a different knowledge cutoff date.
Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI to generate Disney character content, creating unique licensing agreements across characters from Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars franchises.
The U.S. government imposes new AI chip export rules involving security reviews, while simultaneously moving to prevent states from independently regulating AI.
DeepMind releases a paper outlining the challenges and findings in scaling multi-agent systems, highlighting the complexities of tool coordination and task performance.

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:01:19) News Preview
Tools & Apps
(00:01:58) GPT-5.2 is OpenAI’s latest move in the agentic AI battle | The Verge
(00:08:48) Runway releases its first world model, adds native audio to latest video model | TechCrunch
(00:11:51) Google says it will link to more sources in AI Mode | The Verge
(00:12:24) ChatGPT can now use Adobe apps to edit your photos and PDFs for free | The Verge
(00:13:05) Tencent releases Hunyuan 2.0 with 406B parameters
Applications & Business
(00:16:15) China set to limit access to Nvidia’s H200 chips despite Trump export approval
(00:21:02) Disney investing $1 billion in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora
(00:24:48) Unconventional AI confirms its massive $475M seed round
(00:29:06) Slack CEO Denise Dresser to join OpenAI as chief revenue officer | TechCrunch
(00:31:18) The state of enterprise AI
Projects & Open Source
(00:33:49)

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